Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria in Hospital Wastewater of the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital in Accra, Ghana.

Daisy S Addae-NukuFleischer C N Kotey Nicholas T K D DayieMary-Magdalene OseiEdem Ma TettePhilip DebrahEric S Donkor

Published in: Environmental health insights (2022)

. The study thus identifies the wastewater of KBTH as an important source of multidrug resistant organisms, and underscores the significance of appropriate treatment of wastewater of the hospital and other clinical, and related settings prior to its discharge.

Keyphrases

multidrug resistant
gram negative
wastewater treatment
drug resistant
acinetobacter baumannii
anaerobic digestion
healthcare
klebsiella pneumoniae
acute care
adverse drug
genome wide
emergency department
combination therapy
gene expression
cystic fibrosis
pseudomonas aeruginosa